Re: 307sw 1.6 hdi110, miles per gallon?

Godfrey Wilkes wrote:
> "lenny" <lenny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:VsydnQn1GOVXr2zaRVnyhgA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> I am not sure about the intercooler. But I don't think so. What does it

>> look like? Godfrey says his does 28mpg! There must be something
seriously 
>> wrong there? Especially when Gary gets 50+ all the time. Gary, can I
ask 
>> how you have worked it out?
>>
>> How can these cars with the same engine (mine is a 1.6 110 HDI) get 10,
15 
>> or 20 mpg difference when we are all just driving normally? Also, why 
>> can't I EVER get the one that does 50+ :)
>>
> 
> There are 2 versions of the HDi 110 Turbo, the older 8 valve 2.0L (which
my 
> 53 plate 307 is), and the newer more efficient 1.6 16 valve version.
Also I 
> think I'm correct in saying that the 1.6 has an improved turbo.

Just for the record, my (electrically unreliable!) 307 1.6 16v 54 plate 
salon (lighter than SW) has always given me about 53mpg on mixed roads 
but not thrashed.  On trips to France mostly along Autoroutes doing 
about 78mph, I get 57mpg.

  This will
> account for some of the re****ted differences in MPG but I should clarify
my 
> 28MPG figure. This is short runs through congested town traffic where 
> average speed is only about 10MPH or less. Unfortunately this accounts
for 
> most of my daily driving at the moment. On 'A' roads I'll get  40 - 44
MPG 
> and on long motorway runs at the legal limit 49 - 52.
> The car has been regularly serviced so I don't think there's anything 
> seriously wrong, just the driving conditions.
> 
> Godfrey
> 
> 

Regards